Security Advisory - Type Confusion Vulnerability on Huawei Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20171018-02-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Oct 18, 2017
- Last Release Date: Oct 18, 2017
There is a type confusion vulnerability on Huawei smartphones. The program initializes a variable using one type, but it later accesses that variable using a type that is different with the original type when do certain register operation. Successful exploit could result in buffer overflow then may cause malicious code execution. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-08136)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8159.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20171018-02-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Agassi-L09HN |
AGS-L09C233B019 |
Agassi-L09HN AGS-L09C233B210 |
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Agassi-W09HN |
AGS-W09C233B019 |
Agassi-W09HN AGS-W09C233B210 |
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Kobe-L09AHN |
KOB-L09C233B017 |
Kobe-L09AHN KOB-L09C233B222 |
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Kobe-W09CHN |
KOB-W09C233B012 |
Kobe-W09CHN KOB-W09C233B223 |
Successful exploit could result in buffer overflow then may cause malicious code execution.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 6.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 6.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker has tricked the victim execute the malicious app with system privilege.
Vulnerability details:
The program initializes a variable using one type, but it later accesses that variable using a type that is different with the original type when do certain register operation. Successful exploit could result in buffer overflow then may cause malicious code execution.
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was reported to Huawei PSIRT by ADLab of Venustech. Huawei would like to thank ADLab of Venustech for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2017-10-18 V1.0 INITIAL
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